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Kate Allen, President of Allen Architectural Metals, discusses how she and her team preserve, repair, or replicate historic metal and how they determine which course of action to take.
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AACT receives AMPP (former SSPC) accreditation
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Site Safety Training Grants to Small Construction Firms
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